Protective covering for glass or other fragile receptacles.



Nm 345,719. PATENTED MAR.'12, 1907. o. s. BARON .an J. F. HAFFEY;

PROTECTIVE GOVERING FOR yGLASS OROTH'IER FRAGILE REGBPTACLES.

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110.8411719. PATBNTED MAR. 12", 1907.

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APILIUAT-ION'PILED SEPT. 26, 194.

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Inventors entre sterne ssrn CHARLES S. BARON AND JAMES F. HAFFEY, 0F TFFIN, (li-H0;

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SAID HAFFEY SSIGN TO SAID BARON. V PROTECTIVE COVERING FOll GLASS 0R OTHER FRAGILE RECEPTACLES.

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Patented Merch i2, ieorf Application filed September 26, 1004, Serial No. 226,069.

To cti/ whom/ t nea/,y concer/t: Y

Be it known that we, CHARLES S. BARON and JAMES, F. Harrer, both of Tiiiin, in the county of Seneca, State of 'hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protective Coverings for Glasser other Fragile Receptacles, of which the following is' a s eoication. -v

he object of our vinvention is to produce improvements in guards, preferably of the woven-wire description, of the general type shown in United States-Letters Patent N o. 536,947,.dated April 2, 1895, which, although they iind a special applicability to loil-caus, are adapted to a variety-of uses.

Our invention is intended to aiiord, besides means of assemblage, a simple, economical, durable, and ornamental finish for the raw edges of the guard structure, which, without some provision for disposing of them or covering them, would project at' top and bottom of the can.

Heretofore in'camguards made of metal resiliently supported upon and against the sides of the can, and more particularly in such lnetho `of finishing generally em loyed has been that of confining the raw e ges lof the Woven-wire fabric at top and bottom of the can; but this is objectionable, because it reduces the resiliency of the guard at certain points, because it constitutes a comparatively permanent guard to a can, .and because it aifords unsatisfactory means for replacing the glass portion of a guarded can in case of breakage in shipment or otherwise. An effort to meet some of these objections has been made in finishing the upper edge of a canguard with atransverse course of spiral wire interwoven with the side of the guard'. This method, however, is not only unsatisfactory in practice, but is expensiveto make. No provision has hitherto been made for equip'- pingr a woven-wire guard with a wovon-wire bottom. to protect the bottom. of a can, as

well as the sides thereof.

By our invention we produce a complete self-contained woven-wire can-guard, one ortions adj acent to the top and bottom of tlie can, respectively, one in which the bottom as well the ards made of woven wire, theA j tom plate.

,its sides or bottom.

sides may be made of woven-wire fabric, one

in which provision is .made for securely at# oil-can. Fig. Il is a vertical diametrical sec.

tion, partly in elevation, of the subject-matter of Fig. l and taken at right angles to the view shown in Fig. I. Fig. III is a diamet' rical vertical section of the upper bead-blank oi our can-guard. Fig. FV is an elevation of the side portion oiz the can-guard. Fig. Vis a vertical central section of the bottom guard member; and Fig. VI is a view'similar to Fi ill, illustrative y of the lower bead-blank. Figs. III to Vl, inclusive, constitute a group illustrative of the 'mode of manufacture of our can-guard in its preferred form vof "e1n5 bodiment. Fig. VH illustrates a straight" strip of tin or blanlrfor the manufacture ol a bead for our guard. Fig. VIILis a view similar to' Fig. Il, illustrating the lower part of a can and its guard with the interposition between them of a metallic dislcshapedbotbottom plate shown in Fig. Vlllgdetaclied.

VReferring to the numerals onTthe drawings, l indicates a glass oil-can, representa'- tive of any receptacle of fragile material which it is desired to rotect against breakage from shock, jar, or low delivered against The oil-can 1 is rovided with the usual metallic cap 2, fil ing screw-nipple 3, and discharee-spout 4. The guard for the can is preferably made ofmetal having resilient bends bearing against the '8o Fig. IX is a top plan view'of the surface of the can and su ported therebyu about the same. We pre er to malte the guard of the woven-wire type 6, as illustrated, and now of familiar use in the art". The side member of the guard is preferably a sleeve of woven wire of suitabledimensions' to iit'the can 1. The said sleeve is trimmed .square 'across at top and bottom, as indil cated at Y and 8 in Fig. IV. A. bottom meme.

ber 9 is matie to fit within said sleeve and is IOO.

provided with a circular depending' edge 10, which when the bottoni mem'uer 9 is inserted into the sleeve against the end ot a mandrel or cylinder, which We preferably employ as a 1 temporary assembling member in manufac-v ture, assumes a position in practicable proxiinity to the bottom 8 of the sleeve. ln that position a partially-bent circular beadsblank 12, (com are Figs. Vl and VIL) having been previous y shaped to required diameter, is a plied over the juxtaposed ends of the s eeve and of the bottom member 9, where, being held in that position, it is converted, as by the o eration of a suitable machine, into the pertect bead or finish member 14. (Clearly shown in Figs. I, Il, and VHi.) The edges of the blank 12 are in the beading 4operation forced close together against the material of which the sleeve and the bottom 'member 9 are made, and it suliices of itself not only to assemble and securel unite the bottom and sides of the guard, ,ut also to stretch the bottom member 9 taut across the sleeve above the bead 14, when upon the inmandrel, which vin manufacture corresponds to the can which vis afterward substituted for it. The bead-blank 12 may be made into circular forni from a strip of metal, as shown in Fig; VII, and united at its contiguous -ends by a -soldered connecting-piece.

The upper edge 7 of the sleeve is in practice capped with a partially-bent bead-blank 15, which when applied after the manner of application of the bead-blank 12 is likewise VSO supported,

completed into a bead or nisli nieinber. (Shown in Figs. l and il.) The bead 16, like the bead 14, .firmly holds the wires of the guard and is also preferablyY provided upon opposite sides with eyelets I7, into which are inserted and secured the bent ends of a suitable bail 18. llacli eyelct 17 may consist of a properly-beiit piece ol' ivirc shaped like a cotter-key, for instance., and after insertion into an aperture in the bead blank i5 may be .spread as to its ends llat against the inner Wall of the bead-blank, as shown iii Fig. l., and so seourehthe bail to the lguard, if desired,

4without the use ofsolder,

lf desired, the bottom member may be supplied by a disk-shaped nieta) platcZO (coinseeured in place by the bending,l of said beadblank into the bead 16, the sleeve being slipped upon its mandrel and the bottom member 9 being placed into position, the parts are secured together by the application thereto in the manner described of the beadblanlr 12 and its subsequent completion into the bead 14. cured, in the manner described, to the bead 16 by theeyelets 17, that step of the manu-A facture being taken, as. has been specified, before the bead-blank 15 is applied and secured to the sleeve.

After the completion of the guard by the application and inishing up of the bead, 14 the guard is withdrawn from the mandrel and is then ready for proper application for use to the can of proper dimensions. The can corresponds, as has been speeiie'd, to the mandrel, and the guard may be eas'il slipped over it, when it should lit it snugly at all points. if the disk-bottom 2() be empio ed, it is 'irst set into position in the bottom oA the' sertioiio'f the can 1 it will be securely held in the required position. lf `the can 1 should break or if it become clouded with dust 0r reqiiirer to be removed from the guard for any purpose, that may be readily 'effected by sini ply pulling the can and the guard apart, While the guard may be again applied to the same l or another can by a reverse operation 'Whenever required.

What we claim iis-,- l 1. 1n a can-guard or the like, the combination with a side member provided with resilient bends, of. a bottom member having an edge in proximity to the edge of the vside member, and a bead securing the parts togelber and covermg the edges of said meinf bers.

pare Figs. Vlll and IX) for additional piotection for the bottom of the recelitacle 1,' against which it is lield in place by the bead 14, The plate 2O is preferably only. a flat metal disk and may be, as speciiedpein:

ployed for additional protection of the' bot- ,tom of the receptacle 1 in coniieetion with the woven-wire bottom member 9.

VIH without said bottom member, being whether with or without the same, by the 'finish member 14. The bead- For" clearness of illustration it is shown in Fig.

2. ln a cainguard or the like, the combina- The bail 18 is preferably sea roo tion with a side member, of a separate wovenwire bottom member assembled with and secured tb ereto.

3. In a can-guard or the like, the combinationwith a side member, Woven-Wire bottom member, and bead securing the side 'and bot-A 5. In a can-guard or the like, the combination with woven-wire side and 'beads substan- 'tially as set forth, of a inetal-disk bottom ada ted to lit Within the side member against the bottom bead, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. n' f 6. in a canLgiiard or the like, liexible side llo and bottom members united by a, bead-blank signed oui` names in the presence of two subfomed to oonstitute a rgidlnish membr. seribing Witnesses. 1o

' tlon Wlth a slde member made of Woven Wlre, x Y JMES F. HAFFEY l 5 of e detachable bottom member assembled within and secured thereto, independently of rWitnesses:

the can. RUSH ABBOTT,

AIn testimony whereof we have hereunto t CHANCE E. DEWALD 

